Mayor Angel Taveras Visits Roger Williams Middle School
Last month, the new mayor of Providence, Angel Taveras, visited Roger Williams Middle School. Taveras came to Roger Williams to address the community but, having attended Roger Williams when he was growing up, Taveras must have been curious to see what his old school looked like so many years later. The bond between the Mayor and Roger Williams will hopefully be beneficial; the school has been classified as low performing in the past and is now a turnaround school. With a new principal, Brearn Wright, a highly dedicated City Year team, and about $800,000 of funding, the school is off to a good start this year.
photo courtesy of The Providence Journal: Mayor Taveras greets members of the Hasbro Team at Roger Williams Middle School.
Mayor Taveras began his visit to the school by greeting members of the Roger Williams staff, including Principal Wright, Assistant Principal Jen Vorro, several teachers, and City Year Rhode Island’s Hasbro Team at Roger Williams, who attended the event in full force. After shaking hands with the crowd, Mayor Taveras spoke passionately about his own experience at Roger Williams when he was a child, his plans and vision for the future, and his hopes for Providence’s public schools. Taveras’s commitment to education was evident.
The City Year Rhode Island team was pleasantly surprised and proud to be featured in a photograph with the Mayor printed in the Providence Journal on Saturday, January 15th.
-Emeline Allen
